Laundry-tag.



No. 835,383. PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

. F. F. AKERLY & W. BORCHBRT.

LAUNDRY TAG. APPLIGATION FILED Jvmmo, 190e..

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFTCE.

LAUNDRY-TAG.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

. Patented Nov. e, ieee.

Application filed January S0, 1906. Serial No. 298,630.

.'lo al wil/0m, it may concern:

Be it known that wie, FRANK F. AKERLY and 'VVILLIAM BORCHERT, citizens of the United States, and reside-nts of Reno, in the4 county of Washoe and State of Nevada, have invented a new and Improved Laun of which the following is 'a full, clear,l and eX- act description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a ta'g` especially adapted for laundry use and ',Which can lie-quicklyv and convenientlyT applied to any 'article to be laundered and which will remain on the article until purposely removed, the removal being-very readily accomplished. v

Another purpoe of the invention is to provide a metal tag enveloped-in cloth-'in Asuch manner as to insulate or protect vthe garment from Irust, and to so construct the ta'g that itV will presenta maximum of surface for marking purposes. f y

Another purpose of the invention 1s to provide a laundry-tag which can be'applied by hand or by a suitable machine and one which is simple and economic in construction.'

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims., y j,

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the. gures.

Figure 1 is a lan view of a metal blank from which the ody ofthe tag i's to be constructed. Fig. 2 is a' plan view of the blank finished for use. Fig. 3 is a section through the blank, the section being taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the covered blank. Fig. 5 is a section through the covered blank, taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a section through a tag completedfor use. Fig. 7 is a section through the completetag and an articlrl to which it is applied, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a series of tags attached to a paper strip and adapted to be loaded in a machine suitable for individuall applying them to the articles to be identifie A represents a rectangular blank made of i pliable metal-such as tin, for example-and said blank is provided with a central opening' 10. At each side of the said opening the metal is carried outward from thebody of the blank to form clenching members 1-1, and

preferably adjacent tol opposite diagonai corners of the blank spurs 12 are struck up `from the blank, extending from-the same direction as do the clenching members 11', as is best showninFigs. 2'and An envelop 1-3 of fabric of any desired colorpreferably a lightl color, is made to cover entirely the back of the blank, and the end portions of the said fabric are carried over the innerface of the blank to an engagement'wi'th the clenching members 11, and said clenching members are then bent down rmly'upon said edges of the fabric,.tl 1us effectually holding the fabric envelop u on the body of the tag formed fromthe sai blank A. The spurs 12, which extend through/the envelop, are not bent down,` butare leftU standing to enter the material to bevgripped by the tag. The blank A is then bent upon itself at its 'cent1-al portion to substantially a U shape, as is shown in Fig. 6, and such bending is readily accomplishedwithout detrim ent to the material of the body by reason of the opening 10 produced said body. This opening is made of suiiicient length to extend' entirely across the bow or curved sectionl of the article.. v

-When thetag is-to'be applied to an article, said article ata certain oint is received between its members, an said members are pinched together, so as to firmly engage with the article, as is shown in Fig. 7, and cause can be utilized for marking purposes, thus materially increasing the area for such pur'- po'se over ordinary forms of tags.

The device is furthermore particularly adapted for laundry purposes, since it is not injured by being Iplaced in boiling water, and the device at suc time will in no manner in-` jure thearticle to which it is applied. The clamping of a tag upon an article may be done by hand; but we contemplate employing a machine for such purpose, and to that end a series of devices are glued orotherwise temporarily attached at their bow portions to a strip of paper '14 or like material, from which they may be readily drawn as the machine is brought into action to cause the the spurs '12 to enter the same, and as the en- EOC) attachment'of *one .tag after the other to the various articles-'to which they are to be secured, l

Having'thus described our invention, We claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patenti. laundry-'tag consisting of a body-strip of pliable metal bent upon itself substantially toa Ufshape, a fabric envelop for the bodyplate, means for securing the' envelop upon the bedy-plate`to substantially insulate or protect from rust the garment to which the device Ais applied, spurs extending from the body-strip at its inner faces, which spurs extend also through said envelop, and a strip of thin material capable of being readily torn and upon which the tags are cemented in BOWS.

2. A laundry-tag, consisting of a bodystrip of pliable metal bent upon itself substantially to U shape and provided with an opening at its curvedfportion and flanges at opposite sides of the opening, afabric envelop for the body-plate held in position by said flanges, and spurs extending from the body-strip at its inner side faces and through said envelop.

In testimony whereof We have signed our naines to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

Witnesses:

T, R. vCHEATHAM, ROBT. MCLEOD. 'y 

